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Brian W. Haas, Ph.D
Academic Appointments
- Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
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Honors and Awards
- Child Health Research Program, Pediatric Research Fund Award, Stanford University School of Medicine (2009-2010)
Professional Education
| Doctor of Philosophy: | S.U.N.Y. State University at Stony Brook, (2006) |
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Research Interests
My research has focused on understanding the biological basis of affective functioning in humans using a multi-modal imaging approach. I am interested in understanding how the human brain integrates and codes emotional information and in how in some cases can result in the development of psychopathological states. To date, I have focused my research on investigating emotional processing associated with personality traits, genes, and with psychiatric conditions such as in Williams syndrome.
Publications
- Early white-matter abnormalities of the ventral frontostriatal pathway in fragile X syndrome. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2009; (8): 593-9
- Genetic influences on sociability: heightened amygdala reactivity and event-related responses to positive social stimuli in Williams syndrome. J Neurosci. 2009; (4): 1132-9
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging of temporally distinct responses to emotional facial expressions. Soc Neurosci. 2009; (2): 121-34
- Emotional memory function, personality structure and psychopathology: a neural system approach to the identification of vulnerability markers. Brain Res Rev. 2008; (1): 71-84
- Stop the sadness: Neuroticism is associated with sustained medial prefrontal cortex response to emotional facial expressions. Neuroimage. 2008; (1): 385-92
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